EGSPhotoAlbum Professional Picture management and presentation software for EGS ========================== *** new: now with DataType and Animation support (OS3.0 or higher required) *** *** new formats: FBM, Sun, IFF-PBM (DPII), ACBM, BMP4, MacPaint, PBM1/4, ... *** This is version 3.6a of EGSPhotoAlbum Professional, the comfortable Shareware picture management and presentation software for EGS. To use EGSPhotoAlbum as full version you need a keyfile, which can be obtained by registering directly by me (see below for registration fees). Without keyfile EGSPhotoAlbum has some restrictions. What does EGSPhotoAlbum Professional offer? ------------------------------------------- EGSPhotoAlbum is a pure EGS program. It offers easy access to large collections of picture and animation files e.g. on your harddrive or on CD-ROMs with a comfort similair to that of PhotoCDs. The current version supports the following picture/animation file formats: 1) IFF-ILBM (all standard formats 1 to 8Bit, EHB, HAM6, HAM8, 24Bit) 2) JPeg (color and greyscale) 3) PPM/PGM/PBM (P1&P4 b&w, P5 grey, P6 color) 4) QRT (also known as dump format by PD raytracers as POV-Ray) 5) Targa (RLE compr.&uncompr. 24Bit, 1Bit, 8Bit grey/Colormap; incl. interleaved) 6) PCX (compr.&uncompr. EGA1-4Bit, VGA 8Bit grey/Colormap and 24Bit) 7) BMP (uncompr. formats for 24Bit RGB and 1Bit, 4Bit or 8Bit Colormap) 8) TIF (packbit-compr./uncompr. Motorola formats 24Bit RGB, 1-8Bit grey/Colormap) 9) EGS7.x window icons 10) DEEP (compr.&uncompr. IFF-DEEP 24Bit and 32Bit formats) 11) YUV (color 1:1:1, 2:1:1, 4:1:1 and greyscale) 12) VLAB raw (color 1:1:1, 2:1:1, 4:1:1 and greyscale) 13) RGB (IFF-RGB: RGB8 and RGBN compressed; RGB5 uncompressed) 14) HHsYUVSq sequence format (sequentiel or random access) 15) IFF-PBM (DPII) format 16) ACBM (IFF-ACBM: 1 to 8Bit, EHB, HAM6, HAM8) 17) FBM (8Bit grey/Colormap and 24Bit) 18) Sun raster (uncompressed formats for 1Bit, 8Bit grey/ColorMap and 24Bit) 19) MacPaint (b&w compressed 1Bit format; datafork only) Additional OS3.x users can load pictures/animations with all: * Picture DataTypes * Animation DataTypes Special note for ImageFX fans: All fast loading functions (except JPeg) are also available from me in a fast universal loader module for ImageFX for a small additional charge (demo can be found in the archive fastifxloader.lha); you can also order the module separately, as it is usable without EGS as well. EGSPhotoAlbum shows whole directories or even directory trees of pictures and animations with downscaled preview images automatically. Special fast loading functions for downscaled loading are used (for animations the first frame in the file is shown). * automatic page layout with configurable field size (incl. variable size) * flexible subtitling of images with file name, file format, image size, file size, number of frames, file comment, path, ... * file comment of pictures can be edited (full version) * Page turning functions to turn the page like in a real PhotoAlbum * Viewing of pictures in full size by mouse click or double click (full version); multiple full size picture windows can be open; fast scrolling and zooming functions * Comfortable delete function for pictures by visual selection (full version) * Pictures can be removed from the preview pages * intelligent caching algorithms and preloading of images during program use * automatic generation of small preview files (several formats supported, incl. JPeg) to reduce waiting time for later use; a separate preview directory can be selected, e.g. for use with CD-ROMs (full version) * Saving of shown pictures in some other file formats or direct transfer to other programs (as ImageFX, XiPaint, PicoPainter or general to the Clipboard) (only in full version). This makes EGSPhotoAlbum a comfortable 24Bit picture converter or easy picture selection front end for other programs... * Easy single or multiselect feature for pictures * Information display for selected picture (name, size, file format, ...) All this is done with a font sensitive EGS user interface which can be used even on largest Screens and in full 24Bit color quality. Many extensions (as slideshow with transition effects, ...) could be integrated in the future, if there is enough response and the number of registered users will be high enough. The keyfile concept offers registered users the possibilty to use future demo versions auto- matically as update for their full version. Requirements ------------ * Amiga-OS 2.04 or higher Amiga-OS 3.0 or higher is needed, if DataTypes should be used for loading of pictures and animations * EGS-System version 6.0 or higher for your graphics board or for Amigas without graphics board (also usable as demo version) * Much memory (at least 4MByte RAM; more is really recommended to use EGSPhotoAlbum comfortably; the caching algorithms can use lots of memory); low memory can lead to problems with the EGS system. Registration ------------ The registration fee for EGSPhotoAlbum Professional is currently 25US$ (as cheque) or 22US$ (as bank notes) for users outside of europe (see registration form for other possible currencies). Inside europe the registration fee is 30DM (see registration form for other possible currencies). Please note: Bank transfers to my account are only allowed from germany, because extremly high charges (e.g. 20DM) are possible for such transfers, which I will not accept. English and german versions are available. Free updates are normally available due to the keyfile concept. A registration form is supplied in this archiv (please print it with 12CPI and a left margin of 10). Please send the filled in registration form to: Helmut Hoffmann Rubensstrasse 4 D-41063 Mönchengladbach Germany (no registrations by EMail!) Information about other EGS programs ------------------------------------ Are you looking for an animation, video sequence editing, framegrabbing program for EGS or do you have a Cameron/Reisware handyscanner? Then you should take a look at EGS-TV Professional 4.5a! This shareware program (which is also developed by me) offers a comfortable usage and special effects (e.g. Blue Screen Keying) as well as harddisk recording and sequence editing functions. Esp. VLab and IV24 users can experience new dimensions with EGS-TV. EGS-TV Professional 4.5a can also be used to create animations very comfortably, as it can read all formats, which EGSPhotoAlbum supports. All pictures of a directory (independent of their format) can e.g. be imported in one go and converted to an animation. The fast scaling functions (known from EGSPhotoAlbum Professional) can also be applied. As special function, 256 greyscale handyscanners of Cameron/Reisware can be controlled by EGS-TV. EGS-TV Professional demos should be available on places where you found EGSPhotoAlbum. Disclaimer ---------- I tried my best to make this program error-free. It has been checked with enforcer and mungwall and works without problems on my configuration. Nevertheless, as there are so many possible configurations of Amigas and EGS-Systems/graphic boards, I can not guarantee that this software will work on your configuration. Especially the complex EGS-System does not have the desired stability in some situations. In cases where I found problems with EGS, I tried to workaround them, or explained them in this document. This software (program and documentation) is provided "as is" and comes with no warranty, either expressed or implied. The author is in no way responsible for any damage or loss that may occur due to direct or indirect usage of this software. You use this software entirely at your own risk. Copyright and Distribution -------------------------- EGSPhotoAlbum software (program and documentation) is copyright by Helmut Hoffmann Rubensstrasse 4 D-41063 Mönchengladbach Germany The demo version of EGSPhotoAlbum may be freely distributed and used as long as the following conditions are met: 1) All files have to be kept together 2) No file may be modified or crunched/packed. The only official way to distribute EGSPhotoAlbum demo packed is the original egsphotoalbum.lha archive. EGSPhotoAlbum may not be disassembled or analysed. The limitations integrated in the demo version may under no circumstance be removed or bypassed. 3) Distributors may only charge for the duplication process (including media) and not for the software. Theese charges may not exceed the following limits: a) Demo on a PD-disk: 8$ (US-dollar) including postage&packing (in Germany: 12DM) b) Demo on a PD-CD-ROM: 50$ (US-dollar) including postage&packing (in Germany: 75DM) c) Demo on a BBS/Mailbox/ftp-site or other electronically callable system: Maximum charge 4$ (US-dollar) (in Germany: 6DM) for downloading Anyway, it must be made explictly clear to the buyer, that he does not pay for the program (demo) itself but only for the duplication service. 4) It is not allowed to distribute EGSPhotoAlbum with any commercial product without a written permission by me. One exception is the distribution of the demo version with products not exceeding the above price limits (e.g. a cover-disk magazine for 8$ or less). The following companies have my explicit permission to distribute the EGSPhotoAlbum demo with their products: NOVA Design, Ingenieurbüro Helfrich. If you want to distribute EGSPhotoAlbum demo with your commercial product (hardware or software) write to me for details. 5) The registered version may not be redistributed. It may only run on one machine per registration. It is allowed to make a backup copy of the original disk. You can currently also contact me by EMail: hhoff@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de No registrations by EMail! If you want to register or have important suggestions/bug reports, please write by ordinary mails to my address above.